Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Grant Writer salary, United Kingdom, 2–5 years
Advertised base salaries from Grant Writer adverts in United Kingdom.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Grant Writer adverts in United Kingdom.
Grant Writer salary, United Kingdom, 2–5 years
£38,000
advertised base salary, 2–5 years · from 1 advert
1 advert1 employerLow dataUpdated 6 Nov 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 6 Nov 2026
Permanent roles stating pay
25%
1 of 4 adverts · Low data
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Every step here involves an experience group marked Low data, so none is called the biggest. The steps are in the table below.
Current advertised salary differences between experience groups. This is not a forecast of your next pay rise.
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View BidMaster™The 1 advert we hold sits in £35,000–£40,000.
Advertised base salary £38,000
Adverts per £5,000 band
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Only one sector has a figure here: Charity, NGO & International Development, at an advertised salary of £38,000 from 1 advert, marked Low data.
Based on the one advert, whose sector we know, read from the advert. Converted using exchange rates from 1 November 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
United Kingdom ranks 7th of the 10 countries with salary figures for this role, based on 3 adverts. Switzerland has the highest available advertised median, based on 1 advert.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 November 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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International RecruitmentFlexible working is named most often, in 100% of the 4 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 4 adverts that discuss benefits, from 4 permanent-role adverts for Grant Writer in United Kingdom at 2–5 years. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
Day rate, all experience levels
£350 /day
advertised day rate · from 1 advert
1 advert1 employerLow dataAdverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 6 Nov 2026
Day rates are advertised per day. We do not convert them to annual salaries.
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Not enough complete history: 1 complete month so far. We need two to measure a trend.
Nov 2026 so far: £38,000 from 1 advert. The month is not complete, so it is not used in the trend. Low data.
2 months so far
How many adverts say what they pay. 1 of the 4 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (25%, Low data): 0 in a structured field and 1 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
| Band | Lower quarter | Advertised salary | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | £28,966 | £28,966 | £28,966 | 1 | Low data | +£9,034 (+31%) |
| 2–5 years | £38,000 | £38,000 | £38,000 | 1 | Low data | No step |
| 5–10 years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 1 | No figure | No step |
| 10+ years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| Not stated | £28,500 | £28,500 | £28,500 | 1 | Low data | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| £35,000–£40,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Sector | Advertised salary | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charity, NGO & International Development | £38,000 | £38,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Advertised salary | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | £87,200 | CHF96,159 | 1 |
| Australia | £58,900 | A$112,407 | 2 |
| United States | £56,000 | $75,000 | 317 |
| France | £45,900 | €55,000 | 1 |
| Canada | £42,800 | C$80,055 | 6 |
| Portugal | £29,200 | €35,000 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | £28,966 | £28,966 | 3 |
| Spain | £28,300 | €34,000 | 3 |
| Italy | £25,000 | €30,000 | 2 |
| India | £5,660 | ₹720,000 | 4 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible working | 100% | 4 |
| Bonus & incentive | 25% | 4 |
| Health & medical | 25% | 4 |
| Paid leave | 25% | 4 |
| Month | Advertised salary | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | £28,733 | £28,617 | £28,850 | 2 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Nov 2026 | £38,000 | £38,000 | £38,000 | 1 | yes | no, month incomplete |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Writer in United Kingdom, 2–5 years | 25% | 5%–70% | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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